-Press liking Corbyn's line "Isn't it the case that if the Prime Minister can't lead, she should leave?"

-Government to offer 20k bonus to new GP's who go to areas where they are struggling for doctors

-MEP Sion Simon donates kidney ro MP Khalid Mahmood

-Boris concerned at activist Benedict Rogersbeing barred from Hong Kong, urges EU to show some urgency in talks

-Bradley decides not to legislate on social media companies but to ask them too cooperate, have an annual transparency report on abuse and social media companies to fund charities as gambling companies have to do

-This round of talks had low expectations of progress and apparently we failed to even get that high. Barnier told Scottish delegation no deal would set back relations 40 years, at press conference says some but not great progress has been made, lots of progress on citizens rights but disagreements on family reunification and the export of benefits but willing to look at UK proposal for how EU citizens could enforce their rights, disturbed by the deadlock on money but momentum means phase 2 could start by Christmas, not ready to start transition talks. Davies says great progress has been done and asks EU summit to give Barnier more wiggle-room on issues like Ireland

-We had nobody with trade experience in 27 person trade delegation to US

-Leadsom says withdrawal bill delayed while they looked at all the amendments

- Sir Ian Duncan Burnett, the lord chief justice; the Rt Revd Richard Chartres, the former bishop of London; Sir Christopher Geidt, the outgoing private secretary to the Queen; Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, the former Metropolitan Police commissioner and General Sir Nicholas Houghton are to be made crossbench peers. Tory MP's Robert Syms and Mike Penning are to be knighted

“You, are a rebellious son who abandoned his father. You are a cruel brigand who murdered his lord. How can Heaven and Earth put up with you for long? And unless you die soon, how can you face the sight of men?”

-Not sure why Labour Mp's objected to Greening saying it up to parents getting their children to schools and how to handle periods

-Some bemusement that Lib Dems spokesperson for youth is 68 year old Lord Storey

-Ed Miliband has fun with Greg Clark's conversion to Marxist universe

-Claire Perry thanks Clegg and Ed Davey for their work on climate change

-Henry Bolton came across well on Thursday DP

-John Penrose wants energy cap to come quicker

-Jackie Doyle-Price says some older people stay in homes too big for them and passing down homes shouldn't be seen as a right, unfair to ask the young to pay for social care when they are already strained

“You, are a rebellious son who abandoned his father. You are a cruel brigand who murdered his lord. How can Heaven and Earth put up with you for long? And unless you die soon, how can you face the sight of men?”

-Hammond attempts to calm passions and unite party goes oh so well " "The enemy, the opponents, are out there on the other side of the table. Those are the people that we have to negotiate with to get the very best deal for Britain." Has said he regrets his choice of words.

Has also said he has to be the realist and absurd to deny Brexit has caused uncertainty but we have bright future

“You, are a rebellious son who abandoned his father. You are a cruel brigand who murdered his lord. How can Heaven and Earth put up with you for long? And unless you die soon, how can you face the sight of men?”

-Rumours DUP is demanding May sack Hammond unless he becomes pro-Brexit and rumours that Hammond is going for a big budget presumably to try to shore up his position. Remainers seem to be turning a little on Hammond, partly his political tin-ear like the EU enemies has led to alienated allies but also his caution with money as Tories feel need to spend on radical housing ideas and the like only for Hammond to refuse as he tries to have a rainy day fund.

-Some putting Gove's name for Chancellor

-McDonnell says he meant energy construction to be nationalized, not energy and construction

-Grayling says Brexit talks going at about the pace he expected and people can book flights to EU

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-Lord Hesltine accuses Brexiteers of show trail of Hammond and making him scapegoat

-Tim Loughton says rumours of NHS asking people their sexuality is political correctness gone made

“You, are a rebellious son who abandoned his father. You are a cruel brigand who murdered his lord. How can Heaven and Earth put up with you for long? And unless you die soon, how can you face the sight of men?”

-Nicky Morgan seems to inadvertently leak that Rudd is not happy at the anti-Hammond manoeuvres (while also sceptical about NHS asking about sexuality outside of medical need and not happy at idea of no deal)

-May and Davies head to EU meeting with plans to talk to Macron, Varadkar and Juncker (who has joked we will read all about it in tomorrow papers), Boris goes to foreign ministers meeting where he pushed for phase 2

-McDonnell says parliament can block no deal Brexit

-Grayling says if tariff lead to price hikes for food, we will just grow more (Labour quipping "dig for Brexit") and buy food from outside EU while he backs Hammond as chancellor. Then the day kicked him as he launched Great Western Railway's new Hitachi-built Intercity Express trains by going one... which left station late, arrived even later, was overcrowded and had to shut air conditioning off due to technical fault.

-Drivers who kill someone in the most serious cases of dangerous and careless driving will now face life sentences+a new offence of causing serious injury through careless driving

-ONS warns we are £490bn poorer than had been ­assumed and no longer has any reserve of net foreign assets

-President Tusk seems to have persuaded France and Germany off harder line but EU expected to say more progresses needed on the three phase 1 issues but hoping for trade talks to start in December (which apparently is the issue Germany and France felt was too generous), demand a role for the European court of justice in protecting citizens rights in a withdrawal agreement but agree to do internal scoping for transition phase

-Lots of talk that Hammond looking at major tax cuts for young funded by increasing taxes on those older

-Cabinet Office and developed administrations have agreed framework for dealing with Brexit devolution issues

-Commons work and pensions committee (Tories have filled only two of five slots so far) slams DWP for not releasing enough information to them about Universal Credit

-European Commission building, in preparing for May's visit, has one UK flag and then loads and loads and loads and loads and loads of EU flags flying

“You, are a rebellious son who abandoned his father. You are a cruel brigand who murdered his lord. How can Heaven and Earth put up with you for long? And unless you die soon, how can you face the sight of men?”

-Grayling says agreement needed on airplanes by summer, says he is confident enough to buy an airplane ticket right now

-Concerns that Tom Brake email to Brexit department got leaked to Guido Fawkes website and Bercaw is hinting David Davies is expected to give a full explanation to Commons

-Inflation hits a five year high of 3.0% thanks to food, housing (now at 5.0% apart from City of London which is down 18.4%) and recreation costs

-May and Juncker release joint-statement saying Brexit talks pace must be accelerated and dinner went well

-Government indicates support for Bryant's private members bill which would Chris Bryant's double the maximum sentence for common assault against an emergency worker to a year.

-Boris took Czech deputy foreign minister Ivo Sramek on a paddleboat. When in Commons, refuses to apologize for dead bodies in Sirte comment, can't have normal relationship with Russia who have gone into Cold War mindset but must engage with them, select committee's were premature to attack government handling of hurricane before hurricane was over, describes Labour refusal to rule out paying 100 billion Euro's for Brexit bill as "supine invertebrate protoplasmic jellies", EU should get serious on Brexit talks and stopping dragging their feet over citizens rights, disgrace Labour figures pop up Russia today and legitimize Russian propaganda

-Government to seek more powers to stop foreign takeovers

-Allegations David Davis asked Cable to sack an MEP who voted against going to phase 2, Guy Verhofstadt calls it a witch-hunt

-Carney expects inflation to rise further (and points out Bank of England did warn this would happen if there was Brexit), says the amount of assets we have is fine, monetary policy is being used as a stimulus but headwinds are too great, European banks haven't prepared for no deal but UK banks have, wants UK and EU to start talking about finical markets/clearing house/derivative markets. Transition deal in everyone's interests, no deal would hit EU hard in short term though overall impact would be greater on UK long term but some sections like derivatives would hurt EU more then UK, a fullscale Brexit agreement would upgrade growth, households expect smooth Brexit but businesses are getting worried, finical service need transition agreed by early next year

-Davies says EU is dragging out talks in bid for more money from UK, seems to expect something towards transition deal by EU summit

-Barnier warns time is passing quickly, had good working dinner with May with constructive tone but UK is the one that needs to make next move, proposed transition period would not apply unless there was a final Brexit deal as well, UK offer to EU nationals more generous then EU offer to UK nations, reminds UK we delayed talks due to election

-Rudd goes against government line and says damage to both sides of no deal means it is unthinkable (I suspect clumsy wording rather then striking out), exploring backstop options for security if no deal,registration of EU nationals will start end of next year, more staff being recruited for borders

-Varadkar says UK doesn't seem to in agreement as to what leaving the EU club actually means

-Commons clearly behind Burt on Iran deal but Claire Perry urging MPs to be careful on language on Vauxhall moving factory to France doesn't work as many Labour MP's blame Brexit/government handling of Brexit

-Michael Fuchs, vice chair of the CDU/CSU group in the German parliament, blames Boris for Brexit talks struggle as he is holding May back from compromises, UK needs to offer more money and stop cherrypicking. Samuli Virtanen, the state secretary at the Finnish foreign ministry (a civil servant rather then minister), says EU being more united then UK is a problem with Brexit talks as the UK disunity means EU not always sure what UK wants

-Hancock speech on 4th industrial revolution see s backdrop collapse leading the minister to quip "That puts me on a par with the Prime Minister, I’m absolutely thrilled – the new new thing is the collapsing backdrop.’

-Andrew Lloyd Webber retires from Lords due to workload

-Burnham and Rotheram back Sarwar, not sure how helpful that is given they are not Scottish

-Kemi Badenoch says using Venezuela to attack Corbyn has no cut through with the young

“You, are a rebellious son who abandoned his father. You are a cruel brigand who murdered his lord. How can Heaven and Earth put up with you for long? And unless you die soon, how can you face the sight of men?”

PMQ's Corbyn moved quickly to welcome fall in unemployment knowing that is always an easy attack then moves onto real wage falling, May still manages a (decent) attack on his past failures to welcome employment before going on a generic "what we have done for cost of living", Corrbyn with a snappy "maybe for first time, the PM could answer a question", goes for a email he got of someone's struggles living standards to build onto wider point of a weak economy when people need benefits just to survive. May again with generic though well delivered response about government helping people with cost of living, Corbyn doesn't quite segue onto Universal Credit as well as he hoped but decent effort as he calls for it to be paused, May stumbles with a "yes" before making a decent argument that pausing won't help but Corbyn lists major organizations that back a pause before moving onto public sector paycap, poking on whether NHS is under paycap. May gives a technical argument and then makes a "government money is money from the taxpayer" so they need people earning and business growing, Corbyn goes with cheap shot about DUP but says NHS workers deserve to know what will be paid and how government will find funds for that, then goes onto young people struggles for debt as he turns back towards "people's struggles show a weak economy", May uses the report Corbyn cites for Labour unsustainable deficit and that government has found money to help working people. However Corbyn was waiting for the "attack Brown record" with Osborne's defence of Brown before making a general attack on state of economy but his final attack is better on paper then his delivery. May at least makes a half-decent case for Tory view on economics.

Corbyn was at his best with the early questions about state of economy if people are struggling, I see he was trying to build a wider theme on that front as he bounced onto other subjects but it meant he lost momentum and the questions were not as sharp, I did deal he made a decent wider case which Labour must flesh out and was quick on his feet+prepared for likely attacks. Lots of what May had to say was heard it all before and heard it better while they should be worried that Corbyn is building a good attack line of weak economy. Blackford sees if May will rule out "no deal" and backs Rudd while saying Brexit is hurting the people's wallets but goes on and on and on and on as he seems to want government to publish econimic analysis, May says working towards deal but rules out nothing on no deal then asks why Blackford had nothing to say about employment records in Scotland

Bercow very involved, a lot of Labour MP's on Universal Credit

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-Well noted that inflation rise is great for pensioners, not so much for those on benefits or in employment

- European Movement UK's fined for incomplete and late spending return, UKIP fined for late delivery of a donations and loans report.

-Public Accounts Committee says HMRC, Amazon and Ebay need to do more about those avoiding VAT

-Inflation expected to peak at 3.2% and go down by end of year, wages at 2.2% and unemployment remains very low at 4.3%

-Antonio Tajani, president of the European parliament, says UK offer of 20 billion is peanuts and needs to be around 50-60 billion

“You, are a rebellious son who abandoned his father. You are a cruel brigand who murdered his lord. How can Heaven and Earth put up with you for long? And unless you die soon, how can you face the sight of men?”

-Wishart says government abstaining brings Commons into disrepute but Bercow says he can only rely on conventions and government willingness to respect Commons, demands government send minister to Commons to explain what they plan to do in respect to a vote he considers they lost

-Culture Committee want FA heads to resign after their evidence at the inquiry into racism is so bad, turning up in blackface and singing racist songs would possibly be the only way it could have been worse.

-May promises EU nationals will find applications to stay streamlined and easy with EU citizens overseeing the process, says she will set out ambitious plans to EU leaders

-Big Ben will chime in November to prepare for Armistice Day but may be slightly off time for first few days

-Commons mixes up Anneliese Dodds and Nigel Dodds as to which one had voted with Labour on Universal Credit. Hint it was the Labour MP

-Brokenshire indicates he may cut N.Ireland politicians pay if they don't form Stormont government

-Lord Speaker Committee recommends 15 year term limit on new peers and a two out one in policy

-Jo Johnson warns Universities they face penalty if they allow people to be no platformed

-Retail sales shrink by 0.8%

-Corbyn meeting Barnier, warns failure on trade deal would be catastrophic for UK jobs, some on left too willing to defend status quo and established order but must offer radical and credible alternative, urges both sides to stop posturing in Brexit talks

-Davies does interviews with Europe's papers, hints at more concessions on EU nationals, EU isn't holding up talks deliberately, no deal is a very distant possibility, Barnier needs loser mandate

-Confirmed no EU withdrawal bill next week

-Leadsom says government is listening on Universal Credit but is not bound by opposition day motions, taking time on EU withdrawal bill as respect for Commons amendments

-Scotland to ban smacking

-Merkel says there are good signs trade talks can start in December, Rutte says UK must offer more clarity on the bill, Phil Hogan (the Irish European commissioner) warns UK can see over the cliff-edge of Hard Brexit but Varadkar says there is still time and he is optimistic but warns UK must offer detailed proposals on Ireland border and danger of sleepwalking into trouble. Finnish prime minister Juha Sipila hopes for phase 2 in December, Luxembourg’s prime minister Xavier Bettel welcomes friendly tone from UK, Macron says EU united behind Barnier, Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė says May needs to become more realistic, Malta PM Joseph Muscat says EU trying to be encouraging to UK. Tusk warns it will take a lot of hard work to hit December hopes and onto whether 20 billion is peanuts "I have never seen 20 billion peanuts in my life."

-Boris meets Mexican foreign minister Luis Videgaray Caso and says UK will do very well if it comes to no deal though expects a great Brexit deal

-Sweden asks it's board of trade to begin preparations for what it wants from Brexit

-Green warns rising levels of political abuse is creating a toxic atmosphere of hate

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-Justin Tomlinson points to his own history when Labour claim they don't understand the poor, Emma Hardy passionate on getting surgical mesh implants banned

-Leave Means Leave, Lord Lawson, Paterson (who says we are going to end up at WTO at end of process anyway), Peter Lilley, Hoey, Graham Stringer and Kelvin Hopkins call for May to walk away from Brexit talks and go for no deal

-Press loving Loughton's one hour warm bath mediation technique

-Sir Cable has signed up to 84 amendments to withdrawal bill

-Sir John Sawers, the former MI6 chief, says if we want same influence after Brexit then major defence spending increases will be needed on things like defence and intelligence, fears Brexit will lead us having to rebuild as we did after the 70's

-Rees-Mogg and Umunna to guest host LBC phone-in show next week

-Lloyd Blankfein, the boss of Goldman Sachs, has got a lot of attention as just before EU summit he tweeted "Just left Frankfurt. Great meetings, great weather, really enjoyed it. Good, because I'll be spending a lot more time there. #Brexit"

“You, are a rebellious son who abandoned his father. You are a cruel brigand who murdered his lord. How can Heaven and Earth put up with you for long? And unless you die soon, how can you face the sight of men?”

-Tracey Crouch warns FA could lose funding if it doesn't sort itself out

-May says firm progress is being made but urges EU leaders to help create a new dynamic that shapes the future and a strong partnership

-Merkel says there are no indications Brexit talks won't succeed and both sides need to make movement, phase 2 will be harder then phase 1, wishes to loosen Barnier's mandate. Malta PM Joseph Muscat says May's speech was her best performance, Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė says both sides need to stop positioning via media, President Tusk says talks of deadlock is exaggerated and both sides are showing goodwill, Juncker wants UK to have a fair deal and would hate a no deal, Macron says we aren't even half-way to deal and UK is bluffing when it threatens no deal while he and Juncker says Brexiteers never told the people the costs of Brexit.

-A sense EU leaders are trying to help May (like Merkel and Macron seen chatting with May)

-Green does Press Gallery Lunch, on Evening Standard "‘So I know that Theresa May is to blame for Ben Stokes’ nightlife, hurricane Ophelia and the fact that week after week with her as Prime Minister in November the sun shines for a smaller time every day. The Evening Standard – Russia Today with less Galloway.’", jokes Heidi Allen sometimes works for the Tories and on the age old question of if he is May's Willy ‘The best brains in the Cabinet Office have spent a week working on the punchline to that – the least obscene is one that involves the necessity of shoving things down my colleagues throats. That’s the least obscene.’

-Number of crimes recorded annually in England and Wales has passed the five million mark for the first time in a decade after rising by 13% this year. Trump's attempts to blame Islamist terror has gone down badly with MP's

-Treasury Committee concerned that Bank of England has only one woman on it's Monatry Policy Committee and looking into how prepared government is for no deal

-Smallest September deficit for a decade and looks like Hammond will meet this year's borrowing target

-EU doing preparations for trade talks

-May says both sides going line by line what UK is obliged to pay

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-Sir Leigh says Tory attitude on opposition day motions risk tyranny

-Lord Hain's concerns about British banks being inadvertently used for money laundering in South Africa has clearly raised serious alarm

“You, are a rebellious son who abandoned his father. You are a cruel brigand who murdered his lord. How can Heaven and Earth put up with you for long? And unless you die soon, how can you face the sight of men?”

“You, are a rebellious son who abandoned his father. You are a cruel brigand who murdered his lord. How can Heaven and Earth put up with you for long? And unless you die soon, how can you face the sight of men?”